@Althouse, Yes but you had to wait for the invention of the internet to get hitched again.

On a serious note, most of these rules are far too sweeping. They should concentrate on the authority the faculty member has over the student. Why shouldn't a chemistry professor be able to date a history student?

It's a comment revealing of a certain cast of mind. No one is trying to ban "love," they are banning (or delaying) actions. Apparently it doesn't occur to them that a thought can be had without being acted on.

It's simple. Only ban the non-love relationships. Have a Love Panel that can certify that you are in love. It could be confidential. Then fuck like rabbits for a year until your love license renewal comes up.

Is it OK if you wait until the semester is over and then hit on her? This, depending on their relative ages and marital status, doesn't sound so scandalous. TA's have such meagre lives. Allow them a few crumbs.

Aren't there sexual harassment policies already in place that deal with this? As for the good that banning does find the study that introduced the concept of money to monkeys and see how soon after money was traded for sex.

Aren't there sexual harassment policies already in place that deal with this?

The problem is much deeper than mere sexual harassment. Certain women can "sleep" their way to good grades with lecherous professors, unfair in an academically competitive environment such as law school. There were several such women at my law school (30+ years ago). One pole vaulted from bottom half to top ten. Lots of grousing and gnashing of teeth.

Why aren't we worried about the sensibilities of tender young men (what is the male version of coed?) who might find themselves seduced by the grade power of female professors? Can a male professor get his reputation/job/life back after he's falsely accused of rape by a really enterprising young coed? Does that issue even come up when the professor is a female?

Students should not be allowed to manipulate their instructors with sex, and vice versa. Students are not there to screw the staff. Instructors are not there to boink their students. It isn't professional in the least to sleep with students, regardless of what their major is.

If you can't get punani any other way than to date the paying customers who most likely can't buy you as drink due to their age, you are a sad, sad person.